This page posted on DiveMeets 10.27.2009
Randy Ableman joined the Miami Hurricanes coaching staff in the spring of 1989. Since then Randy developed the Hurricanes diving team into one of the nation's premier diving programs. Today Randy is among the nation's most respected diving authorities.
-
Randy Ableman is a nine-time NCAA Diving Coach of the Year, this includes 6 consecutive years from 1995-2000.
-
He was named the Big East Conference's Men's Diving Coach of the Year in 2000, 2002 and 2003.
-
He was selected as the Women's Coach of the Year four consecutive times from 2000-2003.
-
In 2002, Randy was awarded the Phil Boggs Award, presented annually to honor those who have achieved individual excellence in diving and have given back a part of themselves to assure the sport's continuation and success.
-
Randy Ableman is an eight-time NCAA Coach of the Year
-
Randy coached 12 National Champions to a NCAA-record 23 individual national titles, including four-time NCAA Champions Dean Panaro, Rio Ramirez and Tyce Routson. and juniors Brittany Viola and Reuben Ross who each collected individual titles in 2008.
-
In 2004, Ableman made his third trip to the Olympic Games as a member of the U.S. Olympic Diving Team coaching staff. He also served on the 1996 and 2000 Olympic teams and in the summer of 2003, Ableman served as the U.S. Pan Am Games head coach.
-
As a diver Randy was a four-time All-American at Iowa, and the 1981 NCAA Champion in the 1-meter springboard. Ableman was inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.
-
In 1980, Ableman was named to the U.S. Olympic Diving Team, but was forced to miss the 1980-Moscow games due to an American boycott. From 1978-1984, he was a member of the U.S. National Team.